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Item Open Access Urban soundscapes: an exploration of why and how, we hear, what we do...(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2008) Kadam, Neha; Mazumdar, MadhumitaUrban soundscapes is a multimedia exploration of the forms, practices and habits of engaging with sound in a contemporary urban Indian context. It focuses on the listening habits of a section of the urban Indian youth and invites critical reflection on the choices they make in the selection and enjoyment of the sounds that come to them through the mediation modern technology. Put simply, Urban Soundscapes is both an exploration and reflection on why we hear what we do as we live our lives in the complex sonic environment of the modern city. It begins on the premise that the urban soundscape is not a random collection of sounds. Sounds in the city come in forms, patterns, designs and shapes that are tied to dominant economic structures and local cultural contexts. It invites the user to explore this observation through four different points of entry through technology, through the consumer, the music market and of course through the makers of music themselves. The role of technology in creating a complex and evolving urban soundscape is underscored by a focus on the particular forms, tastes, and habits of listening to music by a dominant section of the urban Indian youth. Based on both fieldwork and academic writings on the subject, this product tries to present a complex cultural and social phenomenon in a format that tries to appeal to both the initiated and informed. It can in a sense position itself as educational software that tries to complement serious writing on the subject by putting together the constitutive elements of multi‐media on a digital medium that is both attractive and affordable. It does not in any way pretend to be either a comprehensive or definitive work on the subject. It offers instead the possibility of generating a critical awareness of one’s social and cultural context in a way that is both intelligible and entertaining.Item Open Access Re-telling panchatantra: an attempt to rediscover the relevance of panchatantra tales in today’s society(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2006) Saraswat, Manish; De, Kuntal; Sarkar, Aditi NathCurrent trends in the field of education show people's high motivation 10 take up initiatives for their children to get them educated through the new medium of computer based learning. Teaching and learning practices are taking new shapes with the development of" new medium of communication. This medium allows the children to learn on their own, in a way that engages their interest. The acceptance of this form of education is achieved by the integration of essential social values and the roots of Indian heritage with all the disciplines taught to the children as they are seen vital to develop the skills and knowledge sets which primary students lack due to the excessive lime spent with computers in the name of education. Moreover this new medium is open to exploration, and since there is no guidance, the vulnerable children do not understand where and at what point they arc learning and when (hey need to slop; it can be said that this medium is not without its pitfalls. This medium also has another side effect; that it alienated the children from their grand parents and the traditional way of story telling as a form of learning. Thus there is a need for design that instructs the child sifting on a computer to learn about the real world in a form which uses the capabilities integrating the old methods of story telling with the newer more exciting digital media that (he children are drawn to and enjoy.